Can Shubman Gill replace Rohit Sharma as Indian captain? The former selector gave his opinion!

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Shubman Gill is one of the most promising players in Team India and has emerged as a rising star after the most recent season of the Indian Premier League. However, can Shubman Gill be seen as the future captain of the Indian cricket team?

Shubman Gill is the opening batsman for Team India in most of the matches and he has performed brilliantly in IPL 2023, after which people are calling him the "Prince" of Indian Cricket. Now people are also seeing him as the future captain of Team India.

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Bhupinder Singh Sr., who served as the national selector of the Indian cricket team from 2005 to 2008, opined whether Shubman Gill could be the next captain of the cricket team, replacing the current Indian skipper Rohit Sharma.

During an interview with Hindustan Times, Singh said that while Shubman Gill is one of the most talented players in the Indian team and could be the country's next "batting sensation", it was too early to speculate whether he would be successful as a captain. Will be able to lead the team.

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As quoted by Hindustan Times, Singh said, "I will not rush at this point in time as we want to see him as the next batsman of the country. If all goes well, which I am sure he will be the next batting sensation of this country." He has that game, aura, and personality. In the process, later on, we can see him developing into a good captain as well."

Shubman Gill was the captain of India's Under-19 cricket team but he still has a long way to go to establish himself as the next captain of Team India, according to former team selector.